I wasn't aware anyone had actually hacked the semaphore telegraph system, but there are a couple of fictional accounts of interfering with it. "Hornblower and The Hotspur" and "The Count of Monte Cristo" come to mind.tggzzz wrote: ↑Tue Nov 11, 2025 9:20 am Telecoms hacking for fun and profit, 1836 style.
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Current playlist; all of the HHGttG read by the original Marvin. Thankfully, he only reads Marvin as Marvin.
I loved the radio plays, and the TV show... but there's a lot of "little bits of business"... Adams' stock in trade... that don't make the cut because you'd never advance the plot in a "performance" of the work. This is a nice way to enjoy the unabridged works; Moore has a delightfully rich, brown voice not unlike aural mocha cappuccino.
mnem
mostly harmless.
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https://www.youtube.com/@Physicsduck
This guy is smart, uses colorful speech, and has fucked up and fixed his life pretty publicly. He is mad passionate about bringing science and applied physics to everybody, and describes himself thusly: mnem
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